Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1925. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good book in a good jacket. Uncommon in the jacket. Tolkien's excellent examination and academic study of the Middle English Arthurian piece. Condition: The jacket is inscribed at the top by a previous owner[?] William E. Warner[?] UCW, Aberystwyth. Front flap has similar in the same hand. Forecorners chipped, long vertical tear to upper fold. Shorter tear to lower fold. Spine tips chipped, brown stain to spine and rear. Spine bumped and a little faded, slight lean. Errata slip tipped, first [8841, Hyraxia Books].